When you hear wine experts talk of ‘Burgundies,’ they are referring to wines made in this French region. The most common varieties are Pinot noir and Chardonnay, but farmers here grow many different types of grapes. September and early October is grape harvest time in France, so the usually quiet rows of grape vines we see in this photo are probably very busy with workers gathering the fruit to be crushed and fermented. We’re thinking about putting together a bread and cheese plate right now…
They’re grrrape!
Today in History
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Lantern Festival
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Roman bridge of Córdoba, Spain
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Rainbow Mountain
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Northern hawk-owl
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National Public Lands Day
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Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland
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National Trails Day
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Mercury in retrograde
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Of moles and liquid nitrogen
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Visiting the Mamanuca Islands for Fiji Day
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Stepping stones in Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland
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Black-naped monarch
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National Dolphin Day
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Storseisundet Bridge, Norway
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A hit ballet, long after its debut
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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The Guggenheim turns 60
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Travel Sunday: Liverpool
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Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia
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A yearly sign that spring has sprung
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An inland ocean
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European fallow deer in England
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Ode to the sun
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Albion Falls, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Computer Science Education Week
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A crush in Lavaux
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Does this chameleon look a little insecure?